中国老年人群HIV感染现况及行为学特征研究进展

Current status of HIV infection and research progress on behavioral characteristics among elderly people in China

在艾滋病研究领域,一般把≥50岁人群归于老年人,近年来国内多个地区报告新发现的老年HIV/AIDS病例有逐年上升趋势,老年病例晚发现比例较高。老年人艾滋病防治知识知晓率较低,艾滋病防护意识差,老年男性普遍仍存在性行为,相当比例存在非婚性行为,多通过婚外性行为感染HIV,老年女性多为婚内感染。老年人感染HIV后生理、心理均受到较大影响,治疗难度大,需要从多个维度进行医疗护理。目前国内针对性研究较少,值得开展相关研究。

In the field of AIDS research, people aged 50 years and over are generally considered as the elderly. There is an upward trend in elderly cases of newly-diagnosed HIV/AIDS in many regions in China in recent years, and the proportion of late diagnosis cases is also high. The awareness rate of HIV/AIDS knowledge in the elderly is low, and their awareness of HIV/AIDS self-protection is poor. Most of older men still have sexual behavior, and a considerable proportion of non-marital sexual behavior exists. Most of older men are infected with HIV through extramarital sexual behavior, while a majority of older women are getting infected within marriage. HIV infection greatly affects physiology and psychology of the elderly. It is difficult to treat them, and the medical care must be taken from multiple dimensions. At present, there are few targeted studies in China and it is worthwhile to conduct the relevant research.